ST. LOUIS -- Don't mess with Chris Long.
The St. Louis Rams' rivalry with the San Francisco 49ers got a little more interesting Thursday afternoon when the veteran defensive end engaged in some colorful Twitter banter with 49ers offensive tackle Anthony Davis.
Here is the tweet from Davis that started it all ...
My rookie year Chris beat me every way you can beat a man. Ask him wassup now tho...… http://t.co/LkweEe1bZR
— Anthony Davis (@AnthonyDavis76) March 25, 2014
First Long offered a warning ...
Then he went into attack mode with two follow-up tweets, only one of which can be shown on a family website ...
I see .@AnthonyDavis76 got his medical marijuana card out there in Cali + went straight for the OG delusional pic.twitter.com/LbEmTh5ag7
— Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) March 27, 2014
Two other NFL offensive linemen, Branden Albert of the Miami Dolphins and Jeff Allen of the Kansas City Chiefs, were among the folks who took notice of the Long-Davis social media scrum.
@B_Albert76 He went for the throat lol
— Jeff Allen (@JeffAllen71) March 27, 2014
But Long wasn't done poking fun at Davis.
%tbt Vernon "stop treating him like that Chris" me "I'll raise my kids however I want" pic.twitter.com/kq74ioUc8a
— Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) March 27, 2014
Davis took his time, but responded to Long eventually.
@JOEL9ONE you're as good as you'll ever be. I'm just tapping into what I'm working with over here. Lol goodluck.
— Anthony Davis (@AnthonyDavis76) March 27, 2014
Which Long then responded to with one parting message ...
“@AnthonyDavis76: @JOEL9ONE you're as good as you'll ever be. I'm just tapping into what I'm working with over here. Lol goodluck.”c u soon?
— Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) March 27, 2014
Well, that looks like that will be all for now. The 2014 season can't get here soon enough.
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